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New ‘all ages’ Hub launches with resources and tips on feeding and eating disorders

Posted on: June 1st, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A new learning Hub for health and care professionals featuring tips and resources on feeding and eating disorders in children, young people and adults is now available within the NHSE MindEd mental health eLearning programme.

The new All Ages Feeding and Eating Disorders Hub also includes resources on eating disorders in under-served populations such as men, minoritised ethnic groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with diabetes and many more.

MindEd has also developed new tips on feeding and eating disorders (FEDs) in adults.

The new tips, aimed at healthcare professionals in primary care, hospital, mental health and specialist adult eating disorder services, feature 4 tips sheets on the following topics:

What to be aware of – raising your awareness of FEDs and promoting earlier recognition
What to look for – helping you to spot signs and symptoms early
Medical investigations – this will be most relevant to GPs and other medical professionals assessing and supporting patients with FEDs
What to do – top tips on what to do with and for adults (18 years and over) with different FEDs.

eLearning on a range of mental health support including anti-bullying, adverse childhood experiences and top tips for education staff, can be found on the MindEd programme page.

Eating disorders elearning now updated

Posted on: March 28th, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Eating disorders elearning now updated

The Eating Disorders Training for Health and Care Staff programme has recently been reviewed and updated.

5 sessions, listed below, now reflect up to date clinical guidelines and include changes based on user feedback such as more questions to increase interactivity and test knowledge gained. They also reflect the most recent International Classification of Diseases ICD-11 diagnostic categories, to ensure the learning is in line with current criteria for different disorders.

The programme has been developed with HEE, the charity Beat and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It aims to help healthcare professionals including medical students, foundation doctors, the nursing workforce and health visitors, feel confident in identifying and treating eating disorders in patients.

For more information and to access the updated sessions, plus many others, please visit the Eating Disorders Training for Health and Care Staff programme page.

New eating disorders elearning and webinars now available

Posted on: November 10th, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with charity BEAT, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, HEE’s Mental Health team and NHS England to develop a new elearning session and webinar series on eating disorders.

The session is designed to ensure that healthcare staff are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder.

A series of 5 webinars for oral health teams, dietitians and community pharmacy teams is also available.

For more information and to access the resource, please visit the Eating Disorders Training for Health and Care Staff programme page.

Top tips on feeding and eating disorders in children and young people now available

Posted on: August 9th, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A collection of 5 helpful tips sheets for professionals to support their learning on feeding problems or eating disorders in infants and children and young people (CYP) has been added to Health Education England elearning for Healthcare (HEE elfh)’s MindEd programme.

The tips, which are aimed at professionals working in primary and universal care, hospital general paediatric services and specialist child and young people mental health services (CYPMHS), cover the following topics:

  • Tips for CYP feeding or eating disorders I: What to be aware of
  • CYP Feeding or Eating Disorders Tips II: What to Look out for
  • Tips for CYP Feeding or Eating Disorders III: What To Ask and Investigate
  • Tips for CYP Feeding or Eating Disorders IV: What to do
  • Tips for feeding or eating disorders V: Feeding development and problems in infants 0-2 years

Eating Disorders for Adults and Older People

MindEd has also created an Adult Eating Disorder Hub – a collection of existing evidence-based, trusted learning resources, for example, elearning, evidence-based guidelines, legislation, key-seminal texts and resources developed by the NHS, Royal Colleges, Mainstream professional bodies and charities. The Learning Resources Hub applies to a broad range of colleagues in the health and care services.

To access the top tips please visit the MindEd Hub.

MindEd is a free educational resource for mental health support. The variety of free resources aims to provide adults – across professions and organisations and including parents and carers – with the knowledge to support wellbeing, the understanding to identify young and older people at risk of a mental health condition and the confidence to act on their concern and, if needed, signpost to services that can help.

For more information and to access the programme’s resources, please visit the MindEd programme page.

New online eating disorder learning available for GPs and primary care clinicians

Posted on: June 28th, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Eating disorders are common and Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. However, people with eating disorders have better recovery rates and a reduced risk of relapse when they receive the right support as early as possible.

To support GPs and primary care clinicians in understanding and supporting people in all ages with an eating disorder, HEE has worked in partnership with experts by experience, NHS England and NHS Improvement and the charity Beat to launch online eating disorder learning.

The elearning compromises of 2 sessions that take approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete, at the learner’s own pace. The elearning also includes an assessment framework and a GP appointment involving an eating disorder assessment role-play demonstration.

To find out more, visit the eating disorders elearning programme webpage.

Additional mental health learning can be found on HEE’s mental health webpage.

New online eating disorder learning available for the nursing workforce

Posted on: April 12th, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Eating disorders are common and Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. However, people with eating disorders have better recovery rates and a reduced risk of relapse when they receive the right support as early as possible.

To support the nursing workforce in identifying and supporting people with an eating disorder, HEE has worked in partnership with the charity Beat to launch online eating disorder training for nurses.

The 3 sessions take approximately 30 to 60 minutes to complete each and can be completed at the learner’s own pace. To find out more, visit the eating disorders elearning programme webpage.

New eating disorders e-learning programme for medical students and foundation doctors

Posted on: April 7th, 2021 by Hannah Denness No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with Beat and the Royal College of Psychiatrists to develop an elearning programme to help medical students and foundation doctors feel more confident in identifying and assessing patients with eating disorders.

The elearning is designed to ensure that all medical students and foundation doctors are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder.

This programme is designed to enable them to:

  • Identify the major eating disorders and spot the early warning signs
  • Understand the role of starvation in eating disorders and the effects on the brain
  • Understand common challenges experienced by clinicians identifying people with eating disorders
  • Identify the occurrence of eating disorders in patients who may present with other conditions
  • Understand how to assess for an eating disorder
  • Understand from sufferers of eating disorders about how they confronted their illness
  • Recognise the official guidance and care pathways available

It was developed in response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) investigation into avoidable deaths from eating disorders, as outlined in recommendations from the Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disorder Services are Failing Patients report (PHSO, 2017).

A 2017 survey and review of undergraduate training found that the majority of UK doctors receive less than 2 hours of training and eating disorders during their 10-16 years of medical training and approximately 20% do not receive any training at all (Ayton and Ibrahim, 2018).

While the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS, 2007) in England found that 6.4% of adults screened positive for an eating disorder.

Programme partners are Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Eating Disorders.

For more information and to access the elearning programme, visit the programme page.

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